What beer are you drinking now? #1597

Few, after almost completely choking down that last one, this is a very nice beer from a little Brewery in Newburyport Massachusetts.

 

My weekend line up:
3 New Ales that woo’d me: Free Flow, Nugget, Doggie Style
Free Flow IPA | Otter Creek
4.24/5 rDev +2.7% look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

I'm pleased to rate Otter Creek as my favorite Vermont Craft, and as under-rated. (I’ve not tasted http://hillfarmstead.com/ yet!)

A) pours a clear, orange-bright, amber, with a finger head, and tons of lacing.
S) Powerful filled with zesty pine, dank grass, hemp, citrus- orange and grapefruit rind.
T) Smoothly follows the smell - true to its name - Free Flow - it goes down easy with all the fruit and dank hemp and touched by the peppery, hempy bitterness that lingers.
F) Feel is medium bodied, crisp, juicy, with a tingly cleansing carbonation & finish.

Overall, it's a west coast IPA made in Vermont, that competes well with Sculpin etc at better prices and fresher can dates.
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Hop Odyssey: Nugget Single Hop | Green Flash
3.93/5 rDev +3.1% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

As dales pale fan, I wanted to like this and I did, as I do most from Green Flash.

A) Pours an amber orange body with moderate white head that settles into a lace and a long-lived patch.

S) The juicy and herbal hop with abundant citrus and pine. Citrus: orange peel, melon, grapefruit, and lemon.

T) Follows aroma, the juicy and herbal hop forward notes of citrus and pine. Continuing with pine and grass, above cracker malt base. Balanced and complex.

F) Medium bodied and carbonation. Crisp, juicy, drying.

O) Almost perfect, prefer more bite.
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Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale | Flying Dog3.81/5 rDev +4.7%

look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

One of FD's best, classic APA, especially creamy head and body.

A) Lasting, dense rocky head over clear amber orange body that fills glass with lace. *best looking APA!

S) Nose of aromatic hops, bit of spicy hops, grassy, light malts.

T) Taste grassy and spicy hops, ample bitterness on a light malt base, bit of bitterness and sticky in the finale.

F) Mouth is creamy, medium bodied and carb.
I might up this on the way back!

 

On to coffee. This is a 4 pack I'm absolutely stoked to work my way through. I love the idea of having a base beer and then 4 or 6 different coffee origins featured throughout the pack.



Terrapin's Single Origin Coffee Brown Ale - Indonesia.

 

I'm really liking this..

and these 2 movies are airing right now on the HBO circuit......

 

Morning all

 

Ok BA'ers, last one of these for a while. Heading to Cali to see family, packing up, so will be off-line (need a computer/screen-break for a while) for the next week... Hope to hit Cellarmaker Brewing while I'm out there (of course) and will see what else turns up (maybe a tour of Anchor Brewing?). Need a vacation... Cheers all, and keep it real. Slainte!

 

Had some leftover from last night. BCBS for breakfast anyone?!

 

Forever Simcoe 8.5% IIPA from Other Half, 2/9 canning...



Cheers...

 

My last one from @Rcruz9230 , my New York brother. @Greywulfken this brewery is awesome! Cheers to the King of likes.

 

Last FBS:

 

A wonderful beer!

 

4.8% alcohol. 12 IBU. Brewed in Arkansas.

 

Sampling another origin.



Terrapin's Single Origin Coffee Brown Ale - Ecuador.

 

No doubt! One of the only beers if I see a stack of cases on the floor at the local grocery store I go ahead and pick up a sixer or two without hesitation. And anytime I do it's usually within the week if being canned. Props to them for price and turn-around!

 

Cheers!